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[don of tallahassee]

To me the stick figure in the attached figure 1 looks like a Roman Centurian with helmet (with nose and cheek guards), two buckler shields, a short skirt, and bare legs - possibly a mnemonic for the word 'Roman'.

In figure 2, the root is turned 90 degrees clockwise. With the lumpy parts looking like inflamed and possibly painful sections, I guess this might be a mnemonic for 'sore L'.
 
When you put them together, you get Roman sorrel, Rumex scutatus, which has leaves shaped like those in the VMS image and may have first been introduced by the Romans.
 
This is reflected in the 5th word on the 16th line (next to the image) which sounds r-n-s-l-r-t-r-j.

The first 4 glyph sounds are the Group I code for Roman sorrel.
 
Yeah, I know the 'sore L' part is really weak, but I thought I'd throw it in for now.

The real mnemonic is more probably the two buckler shields the Centurian is holding. Another name for this herb is buckler-shaped sorrel. Still others are shield-leaf sorrel and French sorrel.
 
I think there's another stick figure mnemonic on f5v. I'll open a new topic for it.

Thank you.

Don of Tallahassee